OT - Jesus and Mary Chain

[Omaha_Perez]

What a great year for reunions! I'm seeing The Police of course, and Iggy and The Stooges. Now I hear Jesus and Mary Chain are back together and playing Coachella. Awesome!

[Divemistress of the Dark]

Those boys always look so sweet in their videos, in contrast to that roaring sound...

When is Coachella this year? We have an embarrassment of riches this concert season, methinks.

[DirtyMartini]

I hope they make their way to the right coast. I saw them years ago (at Lollapalooza, I think?), and they were quite good.

About once a year I get a hankering for a few days of non-stop J&MC and Stone Roses.

[Omaha_Perez]

The Stone Roses would be another dream reunion!

I saw one of their few US shows in 95 but it was minus their amazing drummer Reni, so although they were pretty great I don't feel like I saw the REAL Roses.

[Mrs. Gradenko]

I googled them, and it cale up with, "bad Scottish pop". But now I want to hear what they sound like.... just because I've never heard anyone with a Scottish accent sing.

[Omaha_Perez]

[quote="Mrs. Gradenko"]I googled them, and it cale up with, "bad Scottish pop". But now I want to hear what they sound like.... just because I've never heard anyone with a Scottish accent sing.[/quote]

Whoever wrote that is an idiot. What did Jack Black's character say about them in High Fidelity? "They picked up where Echo & the Bunnymen left off."

[nathanarizona]

Mrs. Gradenko, Omaha is correct - Whoever wrote that is indeed an idiot. J&M Chain rock. IMO a good starting place with J&M would be Darklands (some folks find Psycho Candy, their first one, a bit hard to get into). They also have a best of compilation out. And Sophia Coppola used Just Like Honey in Lost in Translation. And since we're so off-topic with this thread I'll throw in a dumb J&M (sorta) story: In college one of my roommates was a good baseball player so he liked to go to the batting cages and take some swings. We had this old beat up bat that we used to take out there and I'm not sure why but we named the bat 'Psycho Candy' and painted it on the bat. Got some good looks at the cages. Apparently there aren't a lot of J&M fans who also play baseball...

[DirtyMartini]

Edited cuz I was thinking Mrs. G meant the Roses. I shouldn't post before coffee.

I second the Darklands rec. Psycho Candy can be a bit difficult on the ears even for a J&MC fan.

Omaha, you still saw more of the Roses than I ever did! (Which is none.) Are you going to Coachella?

[Hannaha]

You can't really hear much of a scottish accent when they sing. You should check out Idlewild for that.

Or The Proclaimers


Edit: Interesting fact of the day: Did you know that Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream was the original drummer in J&MC?

[conroy]

[quote="Omaha_Perez"]The Stone Roses would be another dream reunion!

I saw one of their few US shows in 95 but it was minus their amazing drummer Reni, so although they were pretty great I don't feel like I saw the REAL Roses.[/quote]

I, too, would love to see the Stone Roses reunite as I never got to seem live. Mani is an awesome bassist. I saw him perform with Primal Scream about 6 or 7 years ago here in DC.

I pull out Turns Into Stone (the CD that has all the 12" and b-sides from their first album). Fool's Gold and One Love are just sublime. I would recommend that, Mrs. Gradenko.

I thought the Stone Roses were from Manchester.

[DirtyMartini]

[quote="conroy"]I thought the Stone Roses were from Manchester.[/quote]

They are, Conroy. *J&MC* is the "bad Scottish pop" in question. I had the same confusion at first as well.

I'm a big fan of "She Bangs the Drums," "Love Spreads," "I Wanna Be Adored," "Sally Cinnamon" of course -- there are just so many good ones.

Think we could get a J&MC/Stone Roses double feature tour?

[Hannaha]

Conroy you're quite right - they are (famously) from manchester. Ian Brown was and is one of the worst live singers ever though! Still a top band however.

[Omaha_Perez]

I'm going to try to respond to the last few posts in one go. For an intro to JMC I agree with nathanarizona (great screen name, by the way) that Darklands would be a good introduction for most. I also really like Stoned & Dethroned. Their debut Psychocandy is considered their classic but it's not for everyone - incredibly sweet vocal melodies against a wall of feedback.

Divemistress, nope no Coachella for me. I'm not a big fan of festival shows. I'm just counting on the inevitable JMC tour. (I hope they don't break out into another brawl on stage before I can see them!)

Conroy, I saw Mani with Primal Scream as well. He is fantastic! I like the Roses/JMC double bill idea DirtyMartini posted. Mani could play bass for both - when he was joining Primal Scream he was quoted as saying the JMC would be one of the few other bands he'd want to join. Oh, and Mani ALMOST played with Stewart. Mani joined Mad For The Racket for their British tour, Stewart was supposed to be along for the ride but must have had a schedule conflict. I would LOVE to see Stewart and Mani on the same stage, that would be one powerful rhythm section!

And yes, Hannaha as much as I love the man, I must admit Ian Brown can not sing live. When I saw him with the Roses I was prepared for the worst but he sounded on key all night - of course the racket the band made might have made it hard to tell. (I watched him do a live in studio session for the BBC, I believe. I was a bit worried he would embarrass himself but he actually sang very well. This leads me to believe he needs a really good monitor set up to hear himself and stay in key.) I've since seen him twice as a solo artist and both times I've vowed to never see him live again. I will keep buying his records though. I'd prefer the Roses to get back together but I do really like his solo records.

[Mrs. Gradenko]

The only thing i can get is "Honey's Dead"... nothing else is seeding. If I like it, I'll buy there stuff, or (if I don't) at least see if my cd shop has Darklands.

[Mrs. Gradenko]

I like them, thanks guys I needed something new.